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At Last!
I apologize for being missing in action for so long! Let me know if you want to see my list of excuses.
But I’m back with such exciting news that you’ll forget all about my two weeks of total silence. Yes, our new products for summer ’10 are finally here! (Well, most of them are. Keep your eyes open for another introduction at the end of the month.)
I am most excited to introduce our new Taintorettes, Henrietta Warrick Chase and her sister Janet Warrick Webster! As you all know by now, it is next to impossible to find images of non-Caucasian women in 1940s and 1950s print media. But thanks to Amber Doe, Gal Friday, I found another way to inject a little diversity into my line. When Amber came to work for us she asked if she could use her grandmother’s picture on her business card. (I use the woman from “hurrah! at last I’m 50!”)
I loved Amber’s card so much…
that I asked her if her grandmother would consent to becoming a Taintorette. And she said yes! Henrietta and Janet are the very first Taintorettes who were never professional models… though they are certainly as beautiful as any professional models I have seen.
Please welcome Henrietta…
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and Janet…
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Thank you, ladies!
And check out our other new magnets and sticky notes too. Read more
Hasta luego!
Facebook fan Dina L. Salas recently asked whether we had any magnets featuring Latinas. Tristemente, no!
This design was once a magnet and a postcard:
Unfortunately, this was yet another case of me thinking I was totally hilarious… and nobody else agreeing. (Does anyone out there think this is at all funny?)
I suspect the model is no more Latina than I am… but I’m pretty sure that’s what the photographer was going for.
Dina suggested the caption “it is because of our Mothers that Latin women need therapy!” Hey – I’m Irish-Scottish, and it’s because of my mother that I need therapy. (Just kidding, Mom!)
I have an extremely hard time finding images from the 40s and 50s of women who don’t look exactly like June Cleaver. I did finally find a few African-American women, such as…
 oops! I spent the grocery money on shoes again... |
 you mess with the kitty, you feel the claws |
and thanks to gal Friday Amber Doe we have more coming in June (stay tuned!).
But so far no Latinas! I am looking, Dina, and I’m sure I will find some eventually. ¡Ojala!
(Ps. I apologize if I just massacred the language by trying to use my favorite word from high school Spanish!)
Ethnic Diversity
I have had so many requests over the years to please, please, please add a little ethnic diversity to my line. Since I work with found imagery, this has not been easy. Print media of the 30s, 40s, and 50s were maniacally devoted to promoting just one narrow ideal: the slim, cheerful, perfectly groomed, white dream-girl-slash-housewife.
Eleven years ago I did find three period images of African-American women, but I was reluctant to add them to the line until I could find more. Three just seemed so token. After eleven years of fruitless searching I decided to go ahead and add the first three, and trust that the world would bring me more images in due time.
Our first African-American ladies are just as slim, cheerful, and perfectly groomed as their Caucasian counterparts, but hey, one stereotype at a time!
June Cleaver, eat your heart out!
This January I feature African-American models on three magnets:
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 I believe the word you're searching for is 'divine' |
you mess with the kitty, you feel the claws |
